Shares are of scheduled flights in the period shown. Codeshare flights are counted once, under the operating airline.
Flight timing & delays
Historical departures, grouped by the scheduled local time at the departure airport. These are recorded outcomes, not a forecast for your flight.
Times are local to the departure airport of each flight; both directions are combined.
US domestic sectors recorded by BTS
Source: the US BTS · Oct 12, 2024 → Jul 31, 2026
Lowest average delay07:00–08:008.2min · 520 recorded · 518 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour15.8min07:00 ↔ 19:00
Recorded flights4,309PHL–SEA
Departure hour
On-time departuresPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
100.050.00.0
00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:00
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Average departure delayPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
24.012.00.0
00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:00
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
9484740
00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:00
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Departure hour
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
00:00
No observations
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01:00
No observations
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—
02:00
No observations
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—
03:00
No observations
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—
04:00
No observations
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05:00
No observations
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—
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
101
105
07:00
82.8%
8.2 min
518
520
08:00
85.9%
9.4 min
383
389
09:00
78.6%
8.7 min
636
640
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
2
2
11:00
No observations
—
—
—
12:00
74.9%
12.0 min
223
224
13:00
No observations
—
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14:00
No observations
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—
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
3
3
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
67
71
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
34
34
18:00
72.8%
14.8 min
928
948
19:00
63.4%
24.0 min
273
279
20:00
No observations
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21:00
76.6%
10.3 min
512
516
22:00
76.1%
10.5 min
397
406
23:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
171
172
Day of week
On-time departuresPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
100.050.00.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Average departure delayPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
15.87.90.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6383190
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
73.8%
12.5 min
627
636
Tuesday
81.8%
10.4 min
583
591
Wednesday
81.1%
8.2 min
587
597
Thursday
73.1%
12.6 min
625
635
Friday
73.1%
15.7 min
627
638
Saturday
79.4%
9.0 min
574
579
Sunday
75.8%
15.8 min
625
633
Month of year
Months combine the same calendar month across the years shown; this is a seasonal pattern, not a monthly time series.
On-time departuresPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
100.050.00.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Average departure delayPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
22.011.00.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6153080
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
73.9%
15.1 min
203
212
Feb
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
174
182
Mar
80.0%
8.8 min
290
294
Apr
84.7%
4.7 min
391
392
May
76.8%
10.6 min
499
500
Jun
74.7%
15.1 min
570
579
Jul
69.1%
22.0 min
595
615
Aug
73.6%
12.9 min
269
272
Sep
79.0%
11.8 min
243
243
Oct
75.9%
11.2 min
336
340
Nov
86.7%
3.5 min
322
322
Dec
71.4%
13.3 min
356
358
Delay and on-time rates need at least 200 measured departures per bucket. Smaller samples remain visible in the flight-count chart. An empty slot means no observations, not zero flights.
Recorded outcomes
On time75.7%3,261
Delayed >15 min22.9%987
Cancelled1.4%61
Missing departure time0.0%0
All recorded flights with a known scheduled local time, counted once. Missing actual times are shown separately.
On time means departing no more than 15 minutes after schedule. Cancelled flights and flights missing departure times are excluded from the on-time rate and average delay.
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